Denial of service in PJSIP



Published: 2021-07-26
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2021-32686
CWE-ID CWE-248
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor pjsip

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Uncaught Exception

EUVDB-ID: #VU55295

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-32686

CWE-ID: CWE-248 - Uncaught Exception

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to uncaught exception in pjsip when processing TLS handshake. A remote attacker can initiate TLS connection with the software and then destroy the socket during handshake, causing the application to crash.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

pjsip: 0.5.0.1 - 2.11

External links

http://github.com/pjsip/pjproject/security/advisories/GHSA-cv8x-p47p-99wr
http://github.com/pjsip/pjproject/pull/2716
http://github.com/pjsip/pjproject/commit/d5f95aa066f878b0aef6a64e60b61e8626e664cd
http://github.com/pjsip/pjproject/releases/tag/2.11.1


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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